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Hi everyone; this is my 4th review here on Eurobricks, and my first for Ninjago. Today I’ll be reviewing 70500 Kai’s Fire Mech. I stopped by the LEGO Store yesterday to fill up my holiday Pick-a-Brick box and bought this set as well. I would’ve bought 70503 as well, but there weren’t any in stock. Set Number: 70500 Name: Kai’s Fire Mech Piece Count: 102 Minifigures: 2 (Bathrobe Kai and a Scout) Price: $9.99 USD I'll start with the box: Front: Back: Here we can see all the play features. They consist of grabbing things, and…..beging able to move the limbs. O-K. Top: Kai in his bathrobe. Or whatever. Contents: Inside the box are three bags, an instruction booklet and a Dreaded Sticker Sheet. The DSS: More than normal for such a small model, but not too outrageous. I’m not going to be applying them (at least not right now); the mech looks fine without ‘em. Nothing special here. Here’s the parts list: …and a random step: … There’s a small ad in the back as well. It’s in my photostream, if you care. The Parts: Large Pieces: Lots of Hero Factory parts. This allows for plenty of posability, so I won’t complain. Medium Pieces: Small Pieces: Three bags is kind of a lot for such a small set, wouldn’t you say? Lots of gold weapons in this bag, and of course the “Fire Blade.” New and/or interesting pieces: The red quiver and Sensei Wu hat are of particular note, but the new inverted brackets are also nice. The Minifigs: The Figs - Front: Kai looks rather angry in his bathrobe, and the scout looks similarly displeased. The scout has short legs, so he doesn’t get any leg printing, while Kai does. Back: Both have back printing, but neither fig has a double-sided head. Oh well. With headgear and weapons: Seriously, what’s with the bathrobe? Kai and his sword: Geez, that’s an oversized sword. By the way, Kai in not 'holding' the sword here, he's just propping it up. The sword is standing on the ground. Now for the set itself: The Build: This body is the core of the model. Everything else attaches to this. The legs. Pretty nice, and I like how the two cheese slopes give the appearance of toes. One problem is that the range of motion for the legs is rather more limited than I would like, but it's not a huge problem. The missile launcher (I think that’s what that is. Might just be a gun). Not as good as it could have been, but it works. Nice connection; seems to be very common in these new sets, but nice and sturdy. The hand. I think it’s gorgeous; what do you think? The palm of the hand, connected to an arm. The last few bits of the model. The thing on the right is what holds Kai in the robot (and what he holds onto, as well), while the bit on the left is the mech’s antennae. Or something. And the robot needs to be able to hold a sword, right? Finished Product: Front view: Rear view: With Kai and Fire Blade: Extra Parts: Not much. The extra katana is kinda unexpected, though. Everything together: This gives you a sense of scale. And a comparison with its older, larger, brother from Exo-Force (8101 Claw Crusher): (Some time ago I made some significant modifications to the Exo-Force set, if you can’t tell.) Scoring: Design: 13/15 A solid design. The missile launcher is a bit half-hearted, and the legs have a somewhat limited posability, but other than that, this is a very solid design. Not nearly as skeletal as previous comparable mechs. Features: 3/5 Not much. There’s a hand, and the arms and legs move. I’m gonna give this category less weight than normal, and give its points to design. Parts: 9/10 102 parts, many of them useful, especially (for me) the joints, but also the brackets and “weapons.” The Fire Blade piece is very…interesting; I like it. Minifigures: 9/10 My jokes about Kai and his bathrobe aside, these are some nice figs, with useful printing and accessories. Price: 9.5/10 102 parts for $10 is fine, and the parts are useful, the design is solid, and the figs are nice. Total: 43.5/50 87% is pretty good. This is a solid little mech; I may wind up purchasing another.
